Faculty Resources
The CLU Writing Center is happy to offer a number of services for California Lutheran faculty. Here's some information about the CLU Writing Center community and what we can do for you and your students:
Undergraduate Writing Center Tutors:
- Are required to take English 318, a course on tutoring linguistically diverse writers.
- Can come to your class and give a 15-minute presentation on what we do at the Writing Center.
- Can perform a 15-minute "mock" tutorial, modeling for your students what their Writing Center appointment might look like.
- Will be waiting at the Writing Center for one-on-one work with your students and their papers.
To arrange for tutors to visit your class, please contact Dr. Amber Engelson: aengelso@callutheran.edu.
Your students can make Writing Center appointments on Genbook.
Ursula Rush, Coordinator for Graduate and Adult Programs:
- Can come to your class (once per semester) and give a citation workshop on the following styles: APA, Chicago (CMS), or MLA.
- Can come to your class and do a workshop on strategies for organizing and structuring research papers.
- Can come to your class and do a workshop on writing for exams.
- Will be waiting at the Writing Center for one-on-one work with your students and their papers.
Contact information: urush@callutheran.edu.
Dr. Amber Engelson, Writing Center Director, Assistant Professor of English:
- Can do departmental or individual consultations on the following topics:
- Incorporating the writing process into existing syllabi/curricula.
- Writing essay and assignment prompts.
- Teaching multilingual students effectively.
- Assessing student writing.
- Using writing to encourage deep reading.
- Incorporating peer responses into your curriculum.
- Discussing grammar with students.
- Can conduct university-wide workshops on the above topics, depending on the level of interest.
Contact information: aengelso@callutheran.edu; 805-493-3785; Humanities Building, room 209.
Useful Handouts:
For your convenience, you may use the following handouts and forms to provide your students with information about CLU writing resources and to request specific tutoring services for individual students:
We look forward to working with you and your students soon!
